: Is it possible to run windows95 and linux on the same computer...i mean
is it a
: good idea...see i have windows95 but am thinking of putting linux on too.
I
: heard it's not easy to install or learn and even harder to put on with
another os
: at the same time. Any suggestion on what to do?
Linux is *easy* to learn, as long as you aren't afraid of a command prompt
&& aren't one of those kids that grew up only with GUIs. :) Linux is
simple and painless to install, and LILO makes it super-easy to organize
bootstrapping if you have multiple OS, like BillGates95/NT and OS/2, BSD...
whatever. Books are *really* good with helping you learn things. If you
know *nothing* about a topic, try a '$SUBJECT for dummies'. I also suggest
for newbies (highly):
Elling and Strobel. Linux: Unleashing the Workstation for your PC.
3rd Edition. (New York: Springer, 1997)
You do, however, need to be willing to give up hard drive space for the
linux native and swap partitions. (I suggest about 500 megs, but you can do
it with much less!) And you cannot share "drive C" between OSs, like you
can with say DOS and Windows or whatever. You need to repartition, which
may mean backing *everything* up, partitioning the drive, reinstalling
Doze, then linux, or vice versa. There are several dos utilities (fips,
etc.), FAQs and how-to's that can help you with partitioning, etc (which is
much less painless that it may sound).
&& Since you've indicated an interest in the Red Hat distro, I suggest the
following links:
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/redhat/RedHat-FAQ
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/redhat/redhat-5.0/i386/dosuti
ls/
&& Also this general site to help in your decision :)
http://www.LinuxMall.com/linux.html
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